Last July I went to an Imagine Dragons concert with a small group of friends at the Bank of America Pavilion, which is essentially a giant tent in the North End. Right on the water; really nice. But somehow it ended with my friend making the assumption that all bisexuals are promiscuous.
There was a group of ten or so twenty-somethings in front of us, who seemed like they had had a bit too much to drink beforehand- which is fine, that sort of thing doesn't really bother me. They seemed like a not-mean bunch. (One of the guys was actually running around giving people high fives, us included. They seemed like an interesting bunch, and we couldn't quite make out what the relationships were. It was mostly young women with maybe two or three guys. At first it seemed like two women were a couple, but then a third joined the party, and she seemed to be a bit of a disruption.
It was pretty funny, actually. It seemed like she was starting to hit on one of the girls, standing really close and rubbing her arms and stuff. Then the other girl was getting jealous. Then she started haphazardly flirting with one of the guys, perhaps to get her presumed girlfriend jealous. I don't know, and I didn't really mind or care.
I was talking to one of my friends after the concert, jokingly guessing as to what was up with the group in front of us. And she, in a very condescending tone, suggested, "Well maybe they're just a bunch of bisexuals."
... What? I was quite literally speechless. I simply did not know how to react to her display of such ignorance. And so, I did something I greatly regret: I said said nothing and shrugged it off. What kind of friend is she if I'm afraid to speak my mind to her for fear of judgement?
It was pretty funny, actually. It seemed like she was starting to hit on one of the girls, standing really close and rubbing her arms and stuff. Then the other girl was getting jealous. Then she started haphazardly flirting with one of the guys, perhaps to get her presumed girlfriend jealous. I don't know, and I didn't really mind or care.
I was talking to one of my friends after the concert, jokingly guessing as to what was up with the group in front of us. And she, in a very condescending tone, suggested, "Well maybe they're just a bunch of bisexuals."
... What? I was quite literally speechless. I simply did not know how to react to her display of such ignorance. And so, I did something I greatly regret: I said said nothing and shrugged it off. What kind of friend is she if I'm afraid to speak my mind to her for fear of judgement?